different between mystify vs hoodwink

English

Etymology

From French mystifier, from Ancient Greek ???????? (mustikós, “secret, mystic”) + Latin -ficare.

Verb

mystify (third-person singular simple present mystifies, present participle mystifying, simple past and past participle mystified)

1. (transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

Related terms

• mysterious
• mystery
• mystic
• mystical
• mysticism
• mystique

Translations

Further reading

• mystify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mystify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• mystify at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

The verb is derived from hood (“head covering attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak”) +? wink (“to close one’s eyes”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?dw??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?d?w??k/
• Hyphenation: hood?wink

Verb

hoodwink (third-person singular simple present hoodwinks, present participle hoodwinking, simple past and past participle hoodwinked)

1. (transitive, archaic) To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold. [from mid 16th c.]
2. (transitive, figuratively)
   1. To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.
   2. (archaic) To hide or obscure.
3. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To close the eyes.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• hoodwinkable
• hoodwinked (adjective)
• hoodwinker
• hoodwinking (noun)

Translations

Noun

hoodwink (countable and uncountable, plural hoodwinks)

1. (countable) An act of hiding from sight, or something that cloaks or hides another thing from view.
2. (Britain, games, obsolete, uncountable) The game of blind man's buff.

   Synonym: (obsolete) hoodman-blind

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References

Further reading

• hoodwink (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia